The Humble Weekly sale is upon us, allowing you to pay-what-you-want for And Yet It Moves, The Dream Machine (Chapters 1, 2 and 3) and Luxuria Superbia. Pay $6 or more and you will also pick up Dear Esther, The Bridge and 7 Grand Steps. The Humble Weekly Sale featuring IndieCade will only be available […]

Humble Bundle 8 has helped thechineseroom’s Dear Esther sail past the 750,000 unit mark. This is according to a tweet from studio co-director Jessica Curry. “We always said we’d be delighted with 20,000 sales so this number means a lot to us, as do as all the wonderful emails & tweets,” she said. Humble Bundle […]

Humble Bundle 8 is live and gives you the option to pay-what-you-want for titles such as Thomas Was Alone, Little Inferno, Capsized, Dear Esther, and Awesomenauts. Those who pay more than the current average of $5.66 will get the aforementioned and if they pay more than that, they will also pick up Hotline Miami and […]

The British Academnt Games Awards have announced its nominees for this year’s award ceremony, and Thatgamecompany’s critically-acclaimed Journey is leading the pack with eight nominations. We’ve got the full list of nominees here.

Mirror’s Edge and Death Esther lead artist Rob Briscoe has teased his ambition for a new project that he visualises as a horror take S.T.A.L.K.E.R, but without weapons. Check out his teasing thoughts below.

OnLive is closing out its free Indie Weekend Giveaway promotion by handing out PoP – Methodology Experiment One, Lume, Dear Esther, and Defense Grid Gold for free. To get the games free of charge, you’ll need to visit OnLive’s Facebook page click a link or two, and follow the instructions to redeem your free game. […]

Thechineseroom’s Dan Pinchbeck has announced on Twitter that unusual atmospheric adventure Dear Esther has passed a 250,000 sales milestone. “We always said we’d celebrate if we shifted 20,000,” the modest indie noted. Dear Esther launched in mid-February, was profitable in under six hours, and shifted 50,000 copies in its first week. Pinchbeck is now working […]

Dear Esther has now launched on Mac following a previous release on PC. To celebrate the Apple release, which now comes with SteamPlay support, the game is half-off as part of Midweek Madness until tomorrow. You can pick it up for £3.49.

If you head on over to Bandcamp, you’ll be able to download Jessica Curry’s soundtrack for thechineseroom’s Dear Esther. It will run you ₤4.99 and contains 17 tracks. You can also have a listen to the soundtrack samples on the site as well. The soundtrack is also available through iTunes and on Amazon UK for […]

Dan Pinchbeck, creative director at thechineseroom said during his lecture at GDC that when developing Dear Esther, the team found that when you over stimulate the player with a buoyant atmosphere, it can cause over stimulation and “kill” the atmosphere.

Dan Pinchbeck of Dear Esther developer thechineseroom has been announced as the main speaker for the next GameCity Nights event in Nottingham on March 29. Pinchbeck will talk about past work including Esther, as well as upcoming projects from the studio, including Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs. Also attending will be State of Play’s Luke […]